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fainéant
fai·né·ant F0012900 (fā′nā-äN′)adj. Given to doing nothing; lazy.n. One who is lazy or idle.
[French, alteration (influenced by fait néant, does nothing) of Old French faignant, idler, from present participle of faindre, feindre, to feign; see feign.]fainéant (ˈfeɪnɪənt; French fɛneɑ̃) na lazy person; idleradjindolent[C17: from French, modification of earlier fait-nient (he) does nothing, by folk etymology from Old French faignant shirker, from faindre to be lazy] ˈfaineance, ˈfaineancy nfai•né•ant (ˌfeɪ neɪˈɑ̃)
adj., n., pl. -ants (-ˈɑ̃z) adj. 1. Also, fai•ne•ant (ˈfeɪ ni ənt) idle; indolent. n. 2. an idler. [1610–20; < French, earlier fait-nient, literally, he does nothing] fai′ne•ance, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1.faineant - disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"indolent, slothful, work-shy, lazy, otioseidle - not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind" |
fainéantadjectiveResistant to exertion and activity:idle, indolent, lazy, shiftless, slothful, sluggard, sluggish.Informal: do-nothing.Idiom: bone lazy.nounA self-indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity:bum, drone, good-for-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, slugabed, sluggard, wastrel.Informal: do-little, do-nothing, lazybones, slug.Slang: slouch. |